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E. c. RUTTENBERG LAMP FINIAL 2 Sheets-Sheet El Filed Dec. 8. 1922 AITORNEY mecca M 1923.

E. C. RUTTENBERG LAMP FINIAL 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 8. 1922 IN ENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec. Eli, 119.23.

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Application filed December 8, 1922. serial No. 605,651.

To all whom it may conbe'm:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. RUTTEN- BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in Lamp Finials, of which the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates to finials or shadeclamps for use on pedestal-lamps,vase lamps. or the like, and an object of the invention is to provide an artistic finial or mounting.

which will serve the dual function of clamping the shade inplace on the pedestal an as an ornamentation to the lamp.

Another object of this invention is to provide a finial as specified, which embodies, in its construction, the artistic efi'ect rovided by the combination of metal and g ass or other crystalline articles.

A further object of this invention is to provide a finial constructed wholly or in part of a transparent material such as glass and positioned above the lamp shade to be subject to the action of light rays passing through the shade. I

Besides the above my invention is distinguished by the artistic body, means for clamping the same to the lamp post, and

arrangement of a different artistic structure between the body and its clamping means.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an improved artistic finial.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of 1- i Fig. 3 is a cross'section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified "form of the finial.

Fig. 5 is; a view. partly in side elevation and partly in section of a further modified forni of the finial showing a pedant crystalline body. v

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of another modified form of the finial.

Fig. 7 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of another modified 'form of the finial.

is screw threaded, for threading upon the.

detailed description taken stem or post '(not shown) of the lamp on which the finial is to be used.

The body 1 in the preferred form illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings has a plurality of recesses 3 drilled downwardly therein from its upper surface and a central wire 4, and a plurality of side wires 5 are inserted into the recesses 3 and soldered therein in any suitable manner such as by solder 6. The central wire 1 is heavier or larger than the side wires 5 and it extends vertically from the center of the body 1. A wire" 7 which is of smaller diameter than the wire 4 is soldered or otherwise suitably attached to the upper end of the central relatively large wire 4 forming a shoulder 8 at the lower end of the relatively fine upper wire 7 against which the lowermost crystal line or g ass body 9 rests.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings two substantially spherical crystallineor glass beads or bodies 9 and 10 are mounted upon the wire 7 and a third substantially barrel shaped bead 11 is mounted upon the wire and engages against the relatively large bead or sphere 10. A drop of solder 12 is dropped on the upper end of the wire 7 for preventing longitudinal movement of the beads or crystalline bodies 9, 10 and 11 on the wire 7-, said longitudinal movement bein further prevented by means of the shou der 8. A bead or crystalline body of any preferred shape, color or cutting is mounted upon the outer ends of each of the wires 5 and these bodies 14.- are held in place by drops 15 of solder which are secured to the wires 5 at the inner ends of the crystal line bodies, and by drops 16 of solder which are secured tothe outer ends of the wires, and securely hold the" crystalline bodies against longitudinal movement on the wires permitting them to rotate if desired.

A plurality of metal leaves 17 of any preferred shape and artistic appearance are soldered to the body 1 with their meeting edges in overlapping relation as shown at 18 in Fig. 3 of the drawings and they are also soldered one to the other at said overlapping edges, completel enclosing the portions of the wires 4 an 5 adjacent to the body 1. The sleeves 17 curve outwardly as they extend upwardly from the body 1 so as to provide a neat, attractive appearance of the finial. It is to be understood that the bodies or crystalline bodies 9, 10, 11 and 14 may be of any color desired all of the same fit or of different colors so as to add to the arms'of the harp 22 while a second crystalline body 24 of any desired shape or construction is pendently hung from the lower portion of the harp 22 between the arms 25 of the harp 20. As clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings the crystalline body 24 is swingably supported by means of eyes 26 so as to permit it to swing. The harps 20 and 22 and the attaching body 21 are all formed of metal, and they may be decorated in any approved manner by means of metal leaves 27 which are soldered thereto in any suitable manner and location.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings theharp.20 has an inverted upper portion 28 formed integrally therewith from which a husk 29 hangs. The husk 29 is rigidly attached to the in verted portion 28 of the harp, such as by soldering and a crystalline body 30 protrudes from the husk and is swingably' supported from the harp by means ofthe wire saddle 31. The wire saddle 31 is passed through a transverse opening 32 in the upper end of the crystalline body or drop 30 and it is twisted together, extending through a suitable opening 33 in the inverted portion 28 of the harp. A bead or button 34 is mounted upon the twisted portions of the wire and it is held in place, and the crystalline body 30 is supported by means of a drop 36 of solder, which serves to connect the free ends of the twisted portions of the wire and also to prevent the twisted portions of the wire passing through the opening'33.

In Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings a rigid construction of the crystalline body and-the metal attaching body is shown, however, these constructions are different from each other and from the constructions illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings a substantially spherical shaped crystalline body 40 is rigidly attached, in any suitable manner to the upper protruding end of the central wire '41. The wire 41 projects centrally from a lilly 42'which in turn merges from a husk 43. The husk 43 is carried by the nut or attaching body44 in any suitable manner, and the wire 41 may be attached to the nut 44 in the same manner in which the wire 4 is attached to the nut or body 1.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, a radical difference inthe connection of the crystalline body and the metal body is shown. The metal body includes a tube 50 into the upper end of which the reduced portion 51 of the crystalline body 52 is inserted. The reduced stem 51 of the crystalline body 52 is held securely in place in the metal tube 50 by cement or any suitable adhesive material as indicated at 53, providing a secure rigid connection between the crystalline body and the tube. A husk 54 is soldered or otherwise suitably attached to a series of leaves 55 and to an artistic head 56 which is carried by the low-- I er end of the sleeve 50.

It is to be understood that any artistic design may be embodied in combination with the tube 50 and crystalline body 52, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

- From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent thata companion feature is carried out in each and every one of the finials heretofore described and illustrated in the drawings and that is the association of glass or a crystalline body of any preferred color or combination of colors, in combination with metal which may be decorated or painted in any suitable manner to blend with the color of the crystalline body or to contrast therewith as desired.

It is, of course, to be understood that the cured to the nut, and an ornament connected 1 to the other end of the stem.

2. As a new article of manufacture a lamp finial comprising a nut having screw threaded recess for engagement with upper end of the lamp post, astem having one end secured to the nut and its other end free and spaced above the nut, and an ornament secured to said free, end of the stem.

3. As a new article of manufacture a lamp finial comprising a nut having screw threaded recess for engagement with the upper end of the lamp post, a stem having one,end se cured to the nut and its other end free and spaced above the'nut, an ornament secured to said free end of the stem, and an artistic superstructure supported by the nut in position between said ornament and nut.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a fin- I ial for pedestal lamps, comprising an attaching body, a stem rising from said body and having its uppermost portion reduced in diameter, and a crystalline body carried by the u per reduced end of said stem.

' 5. Es a new article of manufacture, a finial for pedestal lamps, comprising an attach ing body, a stem rising from said body and having its uppermost portion reduced in di ameter, and a crystalline body carried by the upper reduced end of said stem, the lower rising from the body, a

nd crystalline bodies carried by said side stems.

ial for pedestal lamps,

10 ing body, a stem rising having its uppermost p s a new article of manufacture, a fincomprlsing an attach from said body and ortion reduced in di-- ameter, and a crystalline body carried by the upper reduced end of said stem, the lower end of said stem being embedded in and soldered to said body, a plurality of side stems rising from the body, and crystalline bodies carried by said side stems, and drops of solder for preventing longitudinal movement of the crystalline bodies on said stems.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD C. RUTTEN BERG. 

